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Old 12-17-2012, 10:03 AM
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I chickened out with the DRLs. I was concerned that they'd be on *all* the time without control. Without any other forward facing lights enabled it might look silly from time to time.

I did complete the job with no hickcups though.
You tie them into your parking lights, then they behave the same.
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Old 12-17-2012, 10:32 AM
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You tie them into your parking lights, then they behave the same.
I know - but someone found a wire in the door of the 2012's that is hot when the truck is turned on. I debate using it but didn't want them on "all the time". ...with the parking lights is great but I didn't want to go through the added work of pulling a wire into the truck.
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That's how I did mine, sharper4, except I only did 1 row of LED's. Yours must be SUPER BRIGHT!
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Originally Posted by sharper4

I know - but someone found a wire in the door of the 2012's that is hot when the truck is turned on. I debate using it but didn't want them on "all the time". ...with the parking lights is great but I didn't want to go through the added work of pulling a wire into the truck.
Oh i got ya, i agree. I would not want them on all the time with no control either.
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yeah I'm kind of surprised that Ford didn't catch on and do something about it for the 2011s...
...or the 2012's... ...or the 2013's...
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Yet one more successful conversion today. A trip to Auto Zone for the LED lights, and a perfect result. Removing the mirror was a tad tricky - but the video on one of the early pages saved the day.

I removed the mirror because I wanted to solder and waterproof the connections. This board is great - lots of fun weekend projects! This one was not too bad - took about 2 hours.
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I just did the mirror reflector blinker led mod! Damn it was easy, just wish I didn't wait soo long to do it! Ill post some pics later
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Originally Posted by sharper4
I chickened out with the DRLs. I was concerned that they'd be on *all* the time without control. Without any other forward facing lights enabled it might look silly from time to time.

I did complete the job with no hickcups though.



Damn Sharper, I just did this mod today, and love it! I used a strip of six white leds in each reflector, looks perfect! Saw you used 2 strips of 9 leds in each(=18 leds per side! Holy chit). That should be called Reflector to Hid blinker mod...
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Originally Posted by sharper4
I know - but someone found a wire in the door of the 2012's that is hot when the truck is turned on. I debate using it but didn't want them on "all the time". ...with the parking lights is great but I didn't want to go through the added work of pulling a wire into the truck.
I used the edge lite LEDS for my running lights with hot from door.
In daylight can hardly tell they're on, but look good at night.
I too, didn't want hassle of running extra wire from cab to door.
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Originally Posted by Buck150
I used the edge lite LEDS for my running lights with hot from door.
In daylight can hardly tell they're on, but look good at night.
I too, didn't want hassle of running extra wire from cab to door.
Please tell us non-electrical smart people, wht is "hot from door"?
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